Subject: RE: Amount of route traffic

From: Ken Peirce <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2001 09:53:18 -0700

Hi Goran,

The percentage of routing traffic present in a fixed land network should be
<2%. In my unexpert opinion, a MANET's routing overhead is , at worst,
directly proportional to the percentage of stations that move beyond a
temporally established boundary for the particular protocol in use. Ideally,
a MANET routing protocol overhead is orthogonally related to station
movement. Most MANET protocols fall somewhere in between these two spectrum
endpoints, but they - in real time - slide up and down the spectrum due to
various factors like station mobility. 

I think that the acceptable amount you mention is based on the application
your need to run. The environment of the application will likely determine
which set/type of MANET routing protocol is most advantageous. Now wait just
a minute while I put on my body armor :) Let the flames begin.... 
Cheers,
Ken

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Göran Nylen [mailto:[email-masked]]
> Sent: Friday, August 31, 2001 2:50 AM
> To: [email-masked]
> Subject: Amount of route traffic
> 
> 
> Hello everyone!
> 
> When designing routing protocols, one of the assumptions that 
> has to be 
> defined is the amount of overhead which routing messages 
> introduces into the 
> network.
> 
> Have there been any discussions on this matter? What would be 
> an acceptable 
> amount? About 10% routing messages and 90% data?
> 
> Please post your comments
> 
> Regards,
> Göran Nylen
>